I live in Washington State and convert acoustic bass guitars into affordable custom long scale baritone guitars in my spare time. This blog is about all things relating to those guitars. And for people that don't have the $1,500 for an Alvarez, $3,000 for a Taylor, or $8,000 for a Santa Cruz... (Click on any of the pictures to enlarge)

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Tacoma Olympia OB3CE No. 9

I made this baritone guitar out of what I believe to be a 2002 Tacoma
Olympia OB3CE (basically the Olympia
brand of Thundercheif) in very good condition. There are a few small dings on
the edge of the head stock and a few other dings on the body but nothing that
is immediately visible without very close inspection. I finished it with chrome
tuners and a sound port. This is one big beautiful guitar. Out of the nearly
200 guitars I have made so far, this model has the biggest, deepest bottom end
tone yet with the possible exception of an actual Tacoma Thunderchief. If you
finger pick or don’t strum overly hard you can tune this guitar down to G – G
very easily with regular guitar strings and it will still sound great. If you
play in situations where there is no bass and you plan on filling in by walking
the bass line on your guitar, this is the ideal guitar for you. The owner of the
others I have made absolutely love theirs. I am selling this guitar on eBay
with no case for $599 plus shipping. As of this writing I do have a hard case in good condition for and additional $75 plus shipping. Sold - Thanks Michael!